Clothes bagger



Dec. 1924. 1,517,814

J. v. WOLSIFFER CLOTHES BAGGER Filed April 5, 1924 155 .4.

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Patented Dec. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOHN V. WOLSIFFER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CLOTHES BAGGEB.

Application filed April 5,

[ all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN V. oLsrrrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Clothes Bagger, of which the following isa specification.

Dry cleaning and tailoring establishments customarily pack articles ofclothing which are to be delivered in long bags or envelopes whichcompletely cover such articles of clothing to protect them from becomingsoiled or otherwise damaged while at the same time eliminating thedisarrangement of the clothing necessarily involved in folding andpacking in boxes. The placing of the clothing within such bags hasheretofore been attended with more or less inconvenience and danger oftearing the paper of which the bags are made.

It is the object of my invention to produce a clothes bagger on whichthe article of clothing to be inserted in the bag is supported while thebag is placed over it and from which the bag and the article containedwithin it can be readily removed. A further object of my invention is toprovide such a clothes bagger which shall be durable, of simpleconstruction, easy to manufacture, and light in weight so that it mayeasily be moved from place to place as may be required.

I accomplish the above objects by providing a slender rod, on the upperend of which the article of clothing to be covered may be supported, andI mount this rod on a base by means of a spring hinge which tends tohold the rod substantially vertical but permits its swinging to asubstantially horizontal position during the removal of the article ofclothing covered, and I provide a spring bumper to cushion the return ofthe rod to its normal vertical position after it has been swung fromsuch vertical position.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention: Fig. 1 illustrates adress supported on my clothes bagger in position to be covered by thebag or envelope; Fig. 2 shows the clothes bagger in the position itassumes during the removal of the covered article of clothing; and Fig.3 is an enlarged elevation showing the mounting of the vertical rod andbumper on the base.

Near one edge of a suitable base is mounted a spring hinge 11, which maybe of the type commonly used on screen or 1924. Serial No. 704,546.

other swinging doors, with the spring so arranged that it tends to holdthe two leaves of the hinge together. The lower leaf of the hinge 11 issecurely fastened to the base 10, and on the upper leaf of the spring 11is supported a slender rod 12. Preferably, the rod 12 is mounted at anangle to the up per hingeleaf; so that when the rod is in verticalposition, the leaves of the hinge are slightly separated. At its upperend, the rod 12 is adapted to support a clothes hanger of the usualform. This is conveniently accomplished by splitting the upper end ofthe rod longitudinally for a slight distance and spreading apart theresulting fingers.

A second spring hinge 13 similar to the hinge 11 is mounted 011 the base10 with its hinge axis parallel to that of the hinge 11. The lower leafof the hinge 13 is securely fastened to the base 10, and the upper leafof the hinge 13 carries a bumper 1 1, which extends obliquely upward andat its upper end meets the rod 12. At its upper end, the bumper 1 1 isprovided with a roller 15 which may, if desired, be made of somecushioning material.

The hinges 11 and 12 are spring hinges in which the tension exerted bythe spring may be adjusted. As my invention is not concerned with themeans for adjusting such springs, and as such springs are readilyobtainable, I have not shown or described the specific construction ofthe hinges. The spring in the hinge 11 is so adjusted that it exerts acomparatively slight resistance to the downward swinging of the rod 12.The spring in the hinge 13 is so adjusted that it holds the two leavesof the spring 13 together in opposition to the force exerted on theupper end of the bumper 14 by the rod 12 owing to the spring in thehinge 11. As was pointed out above, when the leaves of the hinge 13 aretogether, the rod 12 is held in a substantially vertical position; butwhile the rod 12 is in this position, the leaves of the hinge 11 areseparated slightly, so that the rod 12 may be moved from its verticalposition against the force exerted by the spring in the hinge 13.

As lightness of construction is one of the objects of my invention, Iprefer to form the the rod 12 of two partsa lower part of iron or steeland an upper part of aluminum or some similar light metal. The two partsof the rod 12 may be joined together by lll means of the sleeve 12. Bymaking the rod 12 oftwo parts as described, I am able to decrease theweight, while still retaining in the lower part of the rod suflicientstrength and rigidly to withstand the forces to which it is subject inoperation.

The bags or sacks are conveniently supported with their open ends inproximity to the upper end of the rod 12, as shown in Fig. 1. Thearticle of clothing to be covered is supported on the upper end of therod 12 by means of the usual clothes hanger 16. 'ith the garment sosupported, one of the sacks 17 is drawn down over the garment and at thesame time over the rod 12. lVhen the sack is in place, thehook of theclothes hanger 16 projects outward through a hole in the top of thesack. After the garment is covered, the workman grasps the clotheshanger either by the hook or through the sack 17 and walks away with itas shown in Fig. 2. It is not necessary that the garment be lifted atall, as the rod 12 swings downward to permit the ready removal of thegarment and sack. When the rod 12 is disengaged from the sack 17, itreturns to its normal vertical position owing to the force exerted bythe spring in the hinge 11, and the rod 12 is checked on its return bythe bumper 141.

I claim as my invention 1. A clothes bagger, comprising a base, avertical rod pivotally mounted on said base on a horizontal axis, andspring means tending to hold said rod substantially vertical, said rodbeing adapted at its upper end to support a garment.

2.. A clothes bagger, con'iprising a base, a vertical rod pivotallymounted on said base on a horizontal axis so that it can be swung from asubstantially vertical to a substantially horizontal position, springmeans tending to hold said rod si-ibstantially vertical, and a resilientbumper arranged to cushion the return of the rod to its verticalposition after it has been swung therefrom, said rod being adapted atits upper end to support a garment.

A. clothes bagger, comprising a base. a pair of hinges mounted on saidbase so that their respective axes are parallel and horizontal, anupwardly extending rod mounted on one hinge so that it can swing in avert ical plane, an obliquely extending arm mounted on the other hingeand arranged so that its upper end engages said rod when said rod is invertical position and said armcarrying hinge is closed, spring meanstending to hold said rod in contact with the upper end of said arm, anda second spring means tending to close the arm-bearing hinge, said rodbeing arranged at its upper end to support a garn'ient.

4. A clothes bagger, comprising a base, a pair of spring-hinges, eachspring hinge consisting of two pivotally joined leaves and spring meanstending to hold said leaves together, one leaf of each hinge beingsocured to said base so that the pivotal axes of the hinges are paralleland horizontal, a rod mounted on the upper leaf of one oi' said hingesat an oblique angle so that when the rod is vertical the hinge leavesare separated, an arm mounted on the upper leaf o l the other of saidhinges and extending obliquely upward from said hinge to engage said rodwhen said rod is vertical and said arm-bearing hinge is closed, said rodbeing arranged at its upper end to sup 'iort a garment.

5. A clothes bugger, connnising a base. a pair of hinges mounted on saidbase so that their respective axes are parallel and horizontal, anupwardly extending rod monnted on one hinge so that it can swing in avertical plane, an obliquely extending arm mounted on the other hingeand arranged so that its upper end engages said rod wh ieh so. id rod isin vertical position and said arm earrying hinge is closed. meanstending to hold said rod in contact with the upper end 0 t' said arm,and spring means tending to close the arm-bearing hinge, said rod beingarranged at its upper end to support a garment.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis,Indiana, this In'd day of April, A. D. one thousand nine hundred andtwenty-tour.

JOHN V. \Vt) L91 I I ER.

